Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 918, Nathan Dudley, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
Continental (Mass)
Dudley Nathan & Sylvia
NUMBER _____
W. 918
B. b. Wt. 11414-160-55-
CONTENTS

Deed
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 24 Nov 1839 the day of his death. Agt notified 15th July 1840
Cop for land agt
3584
Maine
Nathan Dudley
of Hebron in the State of Maine who was a Pri: of Ar in the Company commanded by Captain Vose — of the Regt commanded by Col Crane in the Massachu's line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Decr 1832 and sent to Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 15 0 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 5 0
$20 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 34

✓ 1597 1597 Sylvia Dudley widow of Nathan Dudley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private of the  Continental  Army
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Aug 1833 and sent to
F. R. Harmon Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 28th , Page 2 Vol. A
3153
1837
1597

96.907 { Act Mar 3/35- April 24/35-
Sylvia Dudley midwife Nathan the Dudley prs Rensone
Under Act June 1832
Private Robt Crane Map Line
Revolution war
no The Feb 53- 1597
ad. 160 acs Dec 4/55- Dodge
Plus
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
Vol. D. 153.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Twenty Second day of March A. D. 1855 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Sylvia Dudley a resident of Harrison in said County and State, aged Eighty five years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d, A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Nathan Dudley late of Hebron in the State of Maine that her said husband Nathan Dudley was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, and that he died on the 24 th day of November 1839.
Your declarant states that her said husband Nathan Dudley was a native of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts , and a resident of said town when he entered the service in the Revolutionary War, for proof of his service she refers to his declaration under the acts of 1818, & 1832. She has never received Bounty Land under any act of Congress here to fore passed, and she believes her said husband never received

Bounty Land in his life time.
YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Nathan Dudley on the twelfth day of June A.D. 1824 , at Hebron in said State, and that her name before marriage was Sylvia Washburn .
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of February 8, 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated August 29th day of _____ A.D. 1853 No. 1597 .
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Sumner Burroughs  Sylvia + Dudley her mark
Amasa Steelman
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Sylvia Dudley to be the widow of the person who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.  she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
George Pierce Justice of the Peace.

I John Tripp Town Clerk of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I have in my custody and posses- sion the Books of Record belonging to said town. In one of said Books of Record purporting to contain a Rec- d of Marriages intentions of marriage &c. in said town I find the following among the list of marriages viz
"June Twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, Lieut. Nathan Dudley & Mrs. Sylvia Wash- burn both of Hebron.
By Rev. John Tripp Barnes Myrick Town Clerk
Hebron February 18th. 1853. I hereby cer- tify that the foregoing is a true extract from the aforesaid Book of Records; with the exception of the dates, which are ex- pressed in fair legible words & figures thus. "June 12, 1824."
John Tripp Town Clerk
Oxford County ss: February 19 A.D. 1853. Then

personally appeared the aforesaid John Tripp Town Clerk of Hebron and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Record & statement by him signed. Before me
John S. Perry Justiced of the Peace }

State of Maine } County of Cumberland } Ss.
On this Sixteenth day of February A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & State Sylvia Dudley a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland aged Eightythree years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Nathan Dudley late of Hebron in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier
in the war of the Revolution.
and a pensioner of the Uni- ted States under the Act of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of one hundred dol- lars per annum to the time of his death which took place on the 24 th day of November A.D. 1839.
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Nathan Dudley on the Twelfth day of June A.D. 1824 at Hebron and that her name before marriage was Sylvia Washburn
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Sylvia Dudley
Then personally appeared the above named Sylvia Dudley and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Z. H. Harmon Justice of the Peace

Declaration of Nathan Dudley.
Adm
2 nd year private of Artillery # 100
Leut Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Minot  Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this 14. day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Nathan Dudley a resident of Hebron in the county of Oxford in said Maine District, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he that he the said Dudley entered the army of the United States sometime in the winter of 1781 in the town of East Sudbury State of Massachusetts and served in an Artillery Company commanded by Capt Rose in the regiment commanded by Col. Crane and continued to serve in said company until the 22 d day of December A.D. 1783. when he was honorably discharged at West Point in the State of New York. That he the said Dudley was on the pension roll under the act of Congress of March 18 th A.D. 1818 that he was struck from the same on account of property, that at the time he entered the service he was living at East Sudbury aforesaid that his present place of residence is Hebron aforesaid where he has resided for more than forty years. That he served in an artillery company in Gen Knox's Brigade
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Nathan Dudley
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
{ U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

That he the said Dudley further declares that he was born in East Sudbury in the State of Massachusetts A.D.
1760 That he has no record of his age
That he was living in East Sudbury in the State of Mass Chusets at the time he entered the service - that he entered as a volunteer - that the number of his pension certificate is 15,840
Esther Dudley
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 14. 1892
Abner Wason
Judge of the U.S. Dist. Ct. for the District of Massachusetts

Very  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 918
Silvia Dudley
Widow
Nathan Dudley
Paris Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 185-3.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15.840 Maine R
Nathan Dudley
of Hebron in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 yrs & 9 mos.
inscribed on the roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Nov. 1819 and sent to Albion K. Parris, Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819-16 \frac{25}{30} 134. 66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 40. 00
174. 66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Oxford County.

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MS. 414
5
160 Cases

No 7.22
Sylvia Dudley widow of Nathan Marrie
Let to G. H. Harman May 31/53
Act Heby 3/53

March 25. 1853
App. of Sylvia Dudley widow of Nathan Amherst Maine
3584
Act 3 d Feb: 1853 $100. Per An — Com — $66. 33 1/3
J. K. Harmon Portland Maine
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

State of Maine } County of Cumberland } Ss.
Additional
On this fifth day of July A. D. 185 3 , personally appeared before me the Hon. Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate in and for said County Sylvia Dudley a resident of Poland in the County of Cumberland aged 85 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Nathan Dudley late of Hebron in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier
in the war of the Revolution.
and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832, at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum which pension he drew until the time of his death which took place on the 24 th day of November 1839. For proof of service &c. she refers the Commissioner to the papers filed by said Nathan Dudley for a pension under the foregoing Act.
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Nathan Dudley on the 12 th day of June A.D. 1824. at Hebron Me and that her name before marriage was Sylvia Washburn
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Attest: James Burnham  Sylvia  her  Dudley mark
Then personally appeared in declarant the above named Sylvia Dudley
and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Josiah Pierce. Judge.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Seventh day of July A. D. 1853.
Freeman Bradford Regr

I, Nathan Dudley, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that in the month of March or April, seventeen hundred and eighty one, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier, in Captain Thomas Dole's company, Colonel John Cronk's Regiment, in the Massachusetts line, in which company I served as above said, until the twenty second day of December A.D. 1783, when I received an honorable discharge since accidentally lost.
I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I state am in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not known on any pension list of the United States.
Nathan Dudley
I Alexander Campbell of Ellington in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the same period that the above named Nathan Dudley served, and was in the same regiment, and to my certain knowledge, since Dudley served as above said the term of three years or thereabouts.
Alex d Campbell
We, the subscribers on oath declare that we are personally acquainted with Nathan Dudley, who signed the above certificate, and from what we know of his situation, it is our opinion that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Isaac Shearless Stephen Washburn

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Nathan Duley the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavit of Alexander Goodpille a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, and the affidavits of Isaac Thurleff and Stephen Washburn, respectable citizens relative to the applicant's circumstances in life, all made and signed in my presence which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Nathan Duley the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcison H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the said Nathan Duley in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of Alcison H. Parris, U.S. Judge his country for support.

I return the application of Nathan Dudley together with additional proof of service in support thereof Albion H. Harris U.S. Dist. Judge
Nathan Dudley
Private
Cross Reg.
Mass. Line
March '81 to Dec '83
2 years 9 months
10-2 April 1818.
Albion H. Harris
Paris, Maine
for
Admiralty
Nathan Dudley

Nathan Dudley-
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank,
Maine.
Reserve

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, " " "
Nathan Dudley - late a private " " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist: of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight - - - dollars per month, to com- mence on the tenth day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
acts E Vandeventer Secretary of War.

15.840
Capt. Vose's Coy Col. Crane's Regt. Hebron

I Hezekiah Peters Allen of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln aged fifty three years testify and say That I entered the service of the united states, Mustered in Boston in the year one thousand eight hundred & eight one - and that I was well acquainted with Nathan Dudley (who now lives in Hebron) and then belonged to Capt. Dosey Company and Col. D. D. Dunning Regiment during the service of the last three years - and I further testify and say, that when we went into New York at the close of the war he went side by side with me as a soldier in the artillery. This testimony I make according to the best of my knowledge and belief. Hez. P. Allen
Brunswick June 1. 1819. Then the above named Hezekiah Peters Allen personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truths of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. before me Robert D. Dunning } Justice of the peace
Brunswick Sept. 22 d 1819. This certifys that I have been acquainted with the above deponent, Hezekiah Peters Allen for one years last past, that I have always considered his testimony entitled to Credit - and have understood from those who were well acquainted with him that he was a man of truth and veracity. Robert D. Dunning

I Eli Cook of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland aged sixty years testify and say that during the last three years service in 1781 and 1782 I was well acquainted with Nathan Dudley who belonged to Capt. Vose's Company and Col. Crane's Regiment - I then belonged to the same Regiment. This testimony I make according to the best of my knowledge and belief - Eli Cook
Brunswick June 1. 1819. Then the above named Eli Cook personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me. Robt. D. Dunning } Justice of the Peace
Brunswick Sept. 22. 1819.
I hereby certify that I have been many years acquainted with the above deponent, Eli Cook, and have always and do now consider his testimony as much entitled to credit as any man's.
Robert D. Dunning

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Oxford ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial courts in the county of Oxford, hereby certify, that Robert D. Dunning, named in the annexed deposition, is, and has for a long time, been, a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of the Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county this twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Thomas Clarke

William Dudley
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David Dudley of Paris in the county of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certify and say that Nathan Dudley my brother enlisted into the army of the United States on the continental establishment in what was called the last three years service, that said Nathan joined the army agreeably to his enlistment, and returned home, according to my best recollection, in the autumn of 1883. He was honorably discharged as a three years man. I well recollect receiving his discharge repeatedly.
David Dudley
Oxford 8. June 4 th 1819. Personally appeared the above named David Dudley, well known to me as a man of truth & veracity & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is wholly true.
Thomas Clarke Jus. of the Peace

Z. K. Harmon Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
March 22
A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Z. N. Harmon
Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland, and that John V. Perry Esq. is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
Cxford
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is  are DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his  Said Harmon's COM-
MISSION is dated
Nov. 23 d
A. D. 1850 and will expire
Nov. 23.
A. D. 1853.
and that Said
Perry's Commission is dated June 21, 1846, and will expire June 21, 1853.
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his  their are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon
Clerk.

Indy

Brief in the case of Sylvia Dudley, Widow of Nathan, Cumberland County and State of Maine, act 3 d Feby: 1853.
Claim, ("original," do "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 9 th June, 1832.
Record Evidence of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
G. H. Harmon Esq., Portland, Name and residence of Agent Me;
J. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 9 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Nathan Dudley, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of One hundred Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 26 th Nov. 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. On this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned to administer oaths &c Bummer Burnham a resident of Harrison in the County aforesaid of lawful age and Almina
Davis of Portland in said County also of lawful age both disinterested and credible witnesses who being duly sworn testify and say that they have been personally and intimately acquainted for the last twenty years or more with Sylvia Dudley now residing in the town of Poland and who is the widow of Nathan Dudley late of Hobbom Maine and whom they know was a Revolutionary and pensioner of the U.S. and who drew a pension of one hundred dollars per annum and that the said Nathan Dudley died in the year 1839. They further testify that the said Sylvia Dudley was the lawful wife of said Nathan Dudley the Pensioner aforesaid and that she is now his widow and has remained

unmarried ever since the death of the said Nathan Dudley the Pension, and we know that the said Sylvia Dudley who has this day made a declaration for a Pension before the Hon Josiah Pium is the identical person she represents her- self to be in said declaration.
Sumner Burnham
Almira Davis
Signed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Just: Peace.

Pension Office 31 st May 1853
Sir.
The declaration of Mrs; Sylvia Dudley, who claims a pension as the widow of Nathan Dudley, is made before a justice of the Peace. The rules of this office require, that a claimant should make her declaration "Before a court of record". Mrs; Dudley will be required to make a new declaration before such court & furnish evidence that she is the widow of the identical Nathan Dudley, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, of the State of Maine.
The rules of this Office prohibit the admission of evidence, taken before a Magistrate, or other Officer, who is acting as Agent or Attorney in the case in which such evidence is to be used, unless such Agent or Attorney, certify that he is no way interested in the claim.
The case is necessarily suspended. G. R. Warmon. Esq. Very Respectfully Portland Me. S. Morris Commissioner

Sylvia Dudley
Z. M. Harmony Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND
July 8th
A. D. 1853 }
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Freeman Bradford Esq.
is and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
Acting Justice of the Peace.
within and for
the County of
Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon,
Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Second day of March 185 3 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Nathan Dudley late of Hobson Maine was a Retired Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Saint Stephen on the twenty eighth day of November 185 3 . — And that Sylvia Dudley is the widow of Said Nathan Dudley deceased.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Second day of March in the year 185 3
Josiah Pierce Judge Register of Probate for Cumberland County.
STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 22 d day of March A. D. 185 3 .
Freeman Bradford Regr

We Sumner Burnham and Amasa Stedman, both of Harrison, Cumberland County, State of Maine, on oath depose, testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Mrs Sylvia Dudley, the widow of Nathan Dudley late of Hebron, Maine, deceased. We have been intimately acquainted with her for more than thirty years last past. She is a widow Pensioner of the United States and has not been married since the death of her husband Nathan Dudley, and is now a widow. We were present at the time of her signing her declaration for Bounty Land, and we believe she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her application. We have no interest in the claim of said Sylvia Dudley for Bounty Land. Sumner Burnham Amasa Stedman
Cumberland ss. March 22 d 1855 Then personally appeared the above named Sumner Burnham and Amasa Stedman, known to me as persons of truth and integrity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed, Before me.
George Pierce Justice of the Peace

96.907
Claim of Sylvia Dudley
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev.
Freeman Bradford
PORTLAND,
Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss,
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
April 20
1855.
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
George Pierce Esq.
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
are
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook CLERK.